By Cam Lee

Melfort’s SLGA liquor store staying open into 2020

Jan 5, 2019 | 6:16 PM

The privatization of the liquor store in Melfort won’t happen until at least 2020 – if it happens at all.

David Morris of the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority told northeastNOW that the Melfort location was one of 40 SLGA liquor stores that was to close as part of the provincial government’s transition to an expanded private liquor retail system.

“To date, 39 of those stores have closed,” said Morris. “The final store in Melfort was scheduled to close in the summer of 2019.”

But Morris said that schedule has now changed.

“The [Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union] asked SLGA to consider operating that store until at least March of 2020, which coincides with the end of the existing collective agreement,” said Morris. “SLGA agreed to that request, so the [existing] store will continue to operate until at least March of 2020.”

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Whether Melfort’s liquor store will stay as an SLGA outlet or become privatized after March of 2020 remains to be seen.

“There have been no further decisions regarding SLGA’s 36 liquor stores, including the store in Melfort,” said Morris. “They continue to operate and we continue to serve customers in SLGA’s 36 stores.”

Melfort’s liquor store on Saskatchewan Drive was built in 2009.

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